Barcelona try to land Daniel Agger from Barcelona and David Luiz from Chelsea
Liverpool must resist another approach for defender Daniel Agger from Barcelona, with the Dane now a prime target for the Spanish champions
By Chris Bascombe and Steve Boner
9:35PM BST 07 Aug 2013
Reports from Spain suggest a £14 million bid has been lodged for the 28-year-old, although Liverpool insist they have received no formal offer yet.
Agger was valued at £30 million by Liverpool when a bid from Manchester City was strongly rejected last summer.
There is some concern that Barcelona will be able to tempt Agger from Anfield, however, so much so that Martin Skrtel has been told he can forget about leaving in the immediate future.
Liverpool have also agreed to pay £2 million of Pepe Reina’s £6 million salary for the duration of his season’s loan at Napoli.
Meanwhile, Chelsea, have rejected a £35 million bid from Barcelona for Brazilian defender David Luiz.
Manager Jose Mourinho has maintained since returning to Stamford Bridge that the 26-year-old is an integral member of his squad and will not be leaving under any circumstances.
And that stance has not altered with the Portuguese instantly informing the La Liga champions to forget about any plans for signing Luiz or anyone else at Chelsea.
The feeling at Stamford Bridge is that replacing Luiz, who was signed in Jan 2011 from Benfica for around £20 million, would be impossible at this stage of pre-season with the new Premier League campaign less than three weeks away.
Furthermore, the Brazilian has been earmarked to play a key role for Mourinho this season giving the Chelsea manager a strong selection of centre-backs to choose from with John Terry and Gary Cahill impressing here so far.
Mourinho is desperate to retain a core of players such as Luiz, Eden Hazard, Oscar and Juan Mata and will steadfastly refuse to sell them to Barcelona or anyone else – no matter what fees are offered.
Luiz, who has also attracted interest from Bayern Munich, sat out Chelsea’s match with AC Milan in New Jersey with a hamstring strain which also forced him out of the final of the Guinness International Champions Cup here in the early hours of this morning.
Liverpool must resist another approach for defender Daniel Agger from Barcelona, with the Dane now a prime target for the Spanish champions
By Chris Bascombe and Steve Boner
9:35PM BST 07 Aug 2013
Reports from Spain suggest a £14 million bid has been lodged for the 28-year-old, although Liverpool insist they have received no formal offer yet.
Agger was valued at £30 million by Liverpool when a bid from Manchester City was strongly rejected last summer.
There is some concern that Barcelona will be able to tempt Agger from Anfield, however, so much so that Martin Skrtel has been told he can forget about leaving in the immediate future.
Liverpool have also agreed to pay £2 million of Pepe Reina’s £6 million salary for the duration of his season’s loan at Napoli.
Meanwhile, Chelsea, have rejected a £35 million bid from Barcelona for Brazilian defender David Luiz.
Manager Jose Mourinho has maintained since returning to Stamford Bridge that the 26-year-old is an integral member of his squad and will not be leaving under any circumstances.
And that stance has not altered with the Portuguese instantly informing the La Liga champions to forget about any plans for signing Luiz or anyone else at Chelsea.
The feeling at Stamford Bridge is that replacing Luiz, who was signed in Jan 2011 from Benfica for around £20 million, would be impossible at this stage of pre-season with the new Premier League campaign less than three weeks away.
Furthermore, the Brazilian has been earmarked to play a key role for Mourinho this season giving the Chelsea manager a strong selection of centre-backs to choose from with John Terry and Gary Cahill impressing here so far.
Mourinho is desperate to retain a core of players such as Luiz, Eden Hazard, Oscar and Juan Mata and will steadfastly refuse to sell them to Barcelona or anyone else – no matter what fees are offered.
Luiz, who has also attracted interest from Bayern Munich, sat out Chelsea’s match with AC Milan in New Jersey with a hamstring strain which also forced him out of the final of the Guinness International Champions Cup here in the early hours of this morning.
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